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Wenham states that the purpose of this guide is to introduce modern readers to a book that, at first glance, appears droll and unexciting, but upon further reading and reflection, contains some of the most gripping stories in Scripture. The book of Numbers is comprised of stories containing humor, magic, prophecy, drama, solemn ritual and practical laws, yet many miss these interesting tales by...

with the cluster of explicit dates in 1:1; 7:1, 12; 9:1, 5, 11, 15; 10:11, the vague dating of later events is striking. It hardly suggests that chronology is the primary means of marking the units of material in the book. Rather the clustering of dates around the exodus and Sinai experience has parallels in the flood story (Gen. 7–8) and in the account of the covenant of circumcision (Gen. 17) and marks these three episodes as particularly significant in salvation history (cf. J.P. Fokkelman). The
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